Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco

Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $272,233/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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AI/ML
Software
Data
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Product
Design
Fintech
Hardware & Chips
Defense
Aerospace
Biotech
Energy
Robotics
Automotive
MedTech
Science

Eve

eve.legal
eve.legal · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Document AI · Legal AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 22, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Document AI · Legal AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 22, 1 new
Eve builds an artificial intelligence platform for plaintiff-side law firms, handling case intake, medical record review and demand letters. Founded in 2023 in San Francisco, it targets the document-heavy work of personal injury and employment practice. The company reports large productivity gains for firms that adopt it.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago Long shot · 20%

Product Engineer

$195k – $350k per year · Hybrid (San Francisco, San Mateo, United States)
Anthropic
OpenAI
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Site Line

siteline.com
siteline.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Billing & Subscription Management · Construction Management Software · Startup · Hiring 3, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Billing & Subscription Management · Construction Management Software · Startup · Hiring 3, 1 new
Generate, submit, and track pay apps 6x faster. Siteline is the only construction billing software built for trade contractors—handling pay apps, lien waivers, lien rights, compliance, and collections in one place.
Open 96 daysTop 25% pay 3 months ago Long shot · 11%

Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Infrastructure

$183k – $220k per year · Senior · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
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Discord

discord.com
discord.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Social Networks · Online Forums & Community Platforms · Messaging Apps · 201-500 employees · Est. 2015 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 26, 4 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Social Networks · Online Forums & Community Platforms · Messaging Apps · 201-500 employees · Est. 2015 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 26, 4 new
Discord is a communication platform for voice, video and text chat organised around communities called servers. Launched in 2015 for gaming communities, it is now used by interest groups, study groups, creators and friends, and earns revenue mainly from its Nitro subscription. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform

$248k – $310k per year · Staff+ · 6+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Rust
TypeScript
Python
DevOps
IAM
Terraform
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Okta
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Open 235 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 8 months ago Long shot · 15%

Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue

$196k – $245k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
Kotlin
Swift
Objective-C
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
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Open 374 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 14%

Staff Software Engineer, Safety Processing

$279k – $341k per year · Staff+ · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Staff
Python
Rust
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
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JPMorganChase

jpmorganchase.com
jpmorganchase.com · HQ: New York, United States · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Asset Management & Funds · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Commercial & Retail Banks · 5000+ employees · Est. 1799 · Trust A · Hiring 3132, 214 new
HQ: New York, United States · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Asset Management & Funds · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Commercial & Retail Banks · 5000+ employees · Est. 1799 · Trust A · Hiring 3132, 214 new
JPMorganChase is the largest bank in the United States by assets and one of the most systemically important financial institutions in the world, with a lineage running back through more than a thousand predecessor firms to the 1799 founding of the Bank of the Manhattan Company. It combines a dominant investment bank and markets business with Chase, the largest retail banking franchise in America, plus commercial banking and asset and wealth management. Headquartered in New York, the group is unusual among banks for the scale of its technology spending, running one of the largest engineering organisations of any financial institution and deploying its own internal AI platform across the firm.
Open 96 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 8%

Lead Software Engineer

≈ $242k – $485k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Staff
Java
SQL
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
LLM Guardrails
Model Context Protocol
LLM Evaluation
RAG
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Management
Scrum
Agile
ServiceNow
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Shepherd

shepherdinsurance.com
shepherdinsurance.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Property & Casualty Insurance · InsurTech · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 24, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Property & Casualty Insurance · InsurTech · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 24, 1 new
Shepherd is an insurance technology company that provides commercial insurance for the construction industry. It underwrites primary and excess casualty coverage for general contractors and specialty trades, pricing risk with data from the safety, telematics and project management tools its insureds already use, and it rewards safer job sites with lower premiums. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Staff Software Engineer (SF)

$225k – $400k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
Robotics
Apollo
+3
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Top 25% payVerified live · 10 min ago Visa sponsor 9 months ago Long shot · 22%

Software Engineer, Applied AI

$170k – $400k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Embeddings
Prompt Engineering
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
Machine Learning
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
Robotics
Apollo
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Software Engineer, AI Product + Agents

$170k – $400k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
Robotics
Apollo
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KKR

kkr.com
kkr.com · HQ: New York, United States · Life Insurance & Annuities · Real Estate Investment · Business & SME Lending · Asset Management & Funds · Private Equity · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1976 · Trust A · Hiring 120, 6 new
HQ: New York, United States · Life Insurance & Annuities · Real Estate Investment · Business & SME Lending · Asset Management & Funds · Private Equity · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1976 · Trust A · Hiring 120, 6 new
KKR is a global investment firm headquartered in New York that manages private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate funds and offers capital markets and insurance solutions. Founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg, it reported about $255 billion in private equity, $293 billion in credit, $119 billion in infrastructure and $84 billion in real estate assets as of mid-2026, and its insurance arm Global Atlantic provides retirement, life and reinsurance products. It hires analysts and associates in investment operations, finance, accounting, actuarial, compliance, risk, technology, security and marketing, with roles in New York, Dublin and Gurugram.
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Software Engineer - Investment Systems

$14k – $170k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
Python
Python
pySpark
Databases
MS SQL
Amazon Aurora
Redis
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Argo Workflows
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2
Kubernetes
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
+4
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Aptos Labs

aptoslabs.com
aptoslabs.com · HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Blockchain Infrastructure · 11-50 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Blockchain Infrastructure · 11-50 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
Aptos Labs is a blockchain company founded in 2021 by former engineers of the Diem project and headquartered in Palo Alto. It develops the Aptos network, a proof-of-stake chain built around the Move programming language and parallel transaction execution. The company focuses on high-throughput consumer and payments use cases and maintains core infrastructure, wallets and developer tooling for the ecosystem.
Open 97 daysTop 25% pay 3 months ago Long shot · 8%

Software Engineer, Trading Product

$150k – $250k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
Web3
Aptos
DeFi
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Paradigm

paradigm.ae
paradigm.ae · San Francisco · Washington · EdTech Platforms · Learning Management Systems · Est. 2009 · Trust B · Hiring 5
San Francisco · Washington · EdTech Platforms · Learning Management Systems · Est. 2009 · Trust B · Hiring 5
Complete School Management Ecosystem. Comprehensive, cloud-based education ERP developed by Digital Dynamics. Unifying all school operations in one platform for private schools, multi-branch groups, and international curricula.
Open 98 daysTop 25% pay 3 months ago Long shot · 8%

Product Engineer, Applied AI

$250k – $400k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
OpenAI
AI Agents
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Dynamo AI

dynamo.ai
dynamo.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · LLM & Generative AI · AI Evaluation & Observability · AI Governance & Compliance · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 14
HQ: San Francisco, United States · LLM & Generative AI · AI Evaluation & Observability · AI Governance & Compliance · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 14
Dynamo AI is an enterprise software company that provides tools to test, secure and govern generative AI systems. Its products evaluate large language models for performance, privacy leakage and hallucination, apply guardrails to model inputs and outputs, and support compliance with AI regulations, with offerings such as AgentWarden for AI agents. It sells to banks, insurers and public sector organisations. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Lead/Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform

≈ $167k – $335k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
LLM Guardrails
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
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Zania

zania.com
zania.com · HQ: Palo Alto, United States · AI Agents · Security Compliance · Trust C · Hiring 15, 1 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · AI Agents · Security Compliance · Trust C · Hiring 15, 1 new
Zania builds AI agents that answer security and compliance questionnaires and support audits. The company is at the Series A stage and hires engineering managers, account executives, growth marketers and an executive assistant to the chief executive. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.
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Staff Software Engineer

$200k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · In office (Palo Alto, San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
Scale AI
Spark
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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A Society

asocietygroup.com
asocietygroup.com · Dearborn · Foster City · Ann Arbor · Plymouth · Engineering Services · Recruiting & Staffing · Trust D · Hiring 21
Dearborn · Foster City · Ann Arbor · Plymouth · Engineering Services · Recruiting & Staffing · Trust D · Hiring 21
A Society is a Swedish consulting company that gives consultants and consulting firms access to assignments with clients around the world. It places engineers such as dimensional, test, systems, QA and vehicle integration engineers on automotive projects in California and Michigan. The company is based in Sweden.
Likely inactiveVerified live · 7 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 6%

Full-Stack Product Engineer

≈ $118k – $255k per year (Estimated) · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time
Go
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
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Cambly

cambly.com
cambly.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Language Learning · 51-200 employees · Est. 2012 · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Language Learning · 51-200 employees · Est. 2012 · Hiring 5
Cambly connects English learners to native speakers for unscripted video conversation on demand. Tutors are ordinary fluent speakers rather than credentialed teachers, and a lesson starts within seconds without booking. The company also sells structured curricula and a version of the service for children.
Open 101 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 14%

Staff Software Engineer

$200k – $230k per year · Equity · Staff+ · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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TeamBridge

teambridge.com
teambridge.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · Scheduling & Booking Software · HR & Payroll Software · 501-1000 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · Scheduling & Booking Software · HR & Payroll Software · 501-1000 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
TeamBridge is a workforce management software company that organises and automates team processes in one place. Its platform handles onboarding, scheduling, communication and time and attendance for frontline teams. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Open 101 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 4 months ago Long shot · 14%

Backend Software Engineer

≈ $155k – $288k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Kotlin
Go
Node JS
Java
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Micronaut
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redis
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Amazon ECS
GitHub
AWS
+7
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Klaviyo

klaviyo.com
klaviyo.com · HQ: Boston, United States · Customer Data Platforms (CDP) & Reverse ETL · Marketing Automation · Email Marketing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2012 · NYSE: KVYO · Trust B · Hiring 133, 11 new
HQ: Boston, United States · Customer Data Platforms (CDP) & Reverse ETL · Marketing Automation · Email Marketing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2012 · NYSE: KVYO · Trust B · Hiring 133, 11 new
Klaviyo is a software company that provides a marketing automation and customer data platform used by consumer brands for email, SMS, push notification and WhatsApp campaigns, customer service automation and analytics, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012 by Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen, it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2023 and has offices across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, including London, Sydney and Singapore. Its openings are mostly for account executives and business development representatives, customer success managers, product and program managers, and software, AI and security engineers.
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Full Stack Software Engineer - People Systems

$140k – $210k per year · Lead · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, Boston, United States) · Senior
SQL
Python
AI/ML
LangGraph
Gemini
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
OpenAI
Claude
LLM
Human-in-the-Loop
Management
n8n
Zapier
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Kira Learning

kira-learning.com
kira-learning.com · HQ: Palo Alto, United States · EdTech Platforms · Education AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12, 1 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · EdTech Platforms · Education AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12, 1 new
Kira is the first AI platform that delivers personalized education at scale. Use Kira alongside your existing tools, or as your complete AI-powered teaching solution.
Open 101 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 12%

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Infrastructure Focus)

$180k – $250k per year · Senior · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Kotlin
Scala
Go
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
+4
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Valthos

valthos.com
valthos.com · HQ: New York, United States · AI for Science · 51-200 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 8
HQ: New York, United States · AI for Science · 51-200 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 8
Valthos is an applied biological intelligence company. We develop and deploy software and AI methods to outsmart biological evolution and ensure that these tools are deployed to safeguard humanity.
Open 102 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 4 months ago Long shot · 14%

Member of Technical Staff - Design Engineer

≈ $169k – $315k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Design
Figma
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Open 379 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 7%

Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineer

≈ $169k – $316k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Rest API
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
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Flock Homes

flockhomes.com
flockhomes.com · HQ: Denver, United States · Real Estate Investment · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Hiring 4, 1 new
HQ: Denver, United States · Real Estate Investment · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Hiring 4, 1 new
Exchange your rentals for shares in a diversified real estate fund via a 721 exchange. Defer capital gains taxes, keep the income, retire from landlording.
Open 102 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago Long shot · 8%

Full Stack Software Engineer

$156k – $204k per year · Equity · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Denver, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
Go
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
Amazon ECS
AWS
Robotics
Apollo
+1
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Artificial Analysis

artificialanalysis.ai
artificialanalysis.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · LLM & Generative AI · AI Evaluation & Observability · 11-50 employees · Likely startup · Trust D · Hiring 20, 2 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · LLM & Generative AI · AI Evaluation & Observability · 11-50 employees · Likely startup · Trust D · Hiring 20, 2 new
Artificial Analysis is an independent AI benchmarking company that compares AI models and API hosting providers on quality, price, output speed and latency. It supports AI labs, engineers, enterprises, media, investors and policymakers, and hires engineers, a product manager and members of technical staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

≈ $155k – $289k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Supabase
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Anthropic
Hugging Face
OpenAI
PyTorch
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Vercel
GitHub
CI/CD
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Era

era.world
era.world · HQ: San Francisco, United States · IoT Platforms & Solutions · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · IoT Platforms & Solutions · Startup · Hiring 2
Era builds the intelligence layer for physical devices. Explore our world of intelligent objects, publications, and partnerships.
Verified live · 6 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Likely open · 57%

Software Engineer (Moderation, Trust & Safety)

≈ $146k – $316k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States)
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
LLM Guardrails
EU AI Act
Model Context Protocol
Anomaly Detection
Cybersecurity
Auth0
GDPR
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Polymr

polymr.tech
polymr.tech · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Likely startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Polymr deploys supervised AI agents across ERP, email, drawings, BOMs, spreadsheets, and supplier systems to run manufacturing quotation, procurement, and operational workflows.
Open 103 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 7%

Founding Engineer (Product)

≈ $139k – $299k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Cursor
Claude Code
Management
ServiceNow
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Open 103 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 7%

Founding Engineer (Applied AI)

≈ $145k – $313k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
LLM Evaluation
Agentic Workflows
Cursor
Claude Code
AI Agents
Management
ServiceNow
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Open 103 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 7%

Founding Engineer (Platform)

≈ $139k – $299k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Cursor
Claude Code
Management
ServiceNow
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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